Retail

BUBBA burger® to Open Original BUBBA burger Grill™ Restaurants

America’s #1 Selling Branded Burger to Launch National Restaurant Chain With Its First Locations in Jacksonville, FL Download image JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — BUBBA burger®, the number one selling branded burger in America, is announcing the development of its Original BUBBA burger Grill™ restaurants. The announcement was made by Billy Morris, President […]

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Books-A-Million kicking tires at Borders sites

The ink has barely dried on Borders Group Inc.’s bankruptcy filing this week and already another major bookstore chain is looking to fill its Massachusetts stores slated for closure. Books-A-Million Inc., a Birmingham, Ala.-based retailer with a substantial online presence and more than 200 brick-and-mortar locations in the United States, is preparing proposals to potentially […]

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Green Mountain Commands Most Expensive U.S. Valuation: Real M&A

CEO Howard Schultz said yesterday the world’s largest coffee-shop operator intends to compete directly for sales. Photographer: Ariana Lindquist/Bloomberg And you think Starbucks is expensive? Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. has been growing so fast that acquirers looking to scoop up the largest U.S. seller of single-serve brewers would pay the highest valuation in America. […]

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Cathartes moves forward on Portwalk residences

Rendering provided by Cathartes. Globe Staff Cathartes Private Investments, a Boston-based real estate development and investment company, said it has begun construction on the Residences at Portwalk, a mixed-use project in Portsmouth, N.H. Portwalk’s Residence Inn by Marriott and the Portsmouth Harbor Events and Conference Center opened six months ago, and the new phase starting […]

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Big Lots Up for Sale?

According to Bloomberg, Big Lots Inc. (BIG – Analyst Report), the largest broad-line closeout retailer, is looking for strategic choices which might include the sale of the company. Big Lots, which competes with Target Corporation (TGT – Analyst Report) and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT – Analyst Report), has hired Goldman Sachs to guide on the […]

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Hooters of America Sold

Today, Hooters of America, Inc. “HOA” announced the completion of a transaction which transfers ownership of the company from the estate of Robert H. Brooks who passed in 2006 into the hands of a consortium of private investors, including Chanticleer Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CCLR) “Chanticleer”. Simultaneous with this transaction the investor group will […]

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